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ACRL to sponsor an exhibit at the Frankfurt Book Fair, October 6-10, 2004


Frankfurt Scientific Symposium

The Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main is organizing the 4th Frankfurt Scientific Symposium with international speakers as a pre-conference to the Frankfurt Book Fair on October 4-5, 2004. The 4th Scientific Symposium bears the title “What is literacy? What is information? What is knowledge? Ways of teaching and learning to use information effectively.”

More information about the program, participation fees, registration, and overnight accommodations.
Printable program

Call for Applications
ACRL-WESS Stipends for the 2004 Frankfurt Book Fair

ACRL and WESS will be represented at the Frankfurt Book Fair, the world's largest, on October 6-10, 2004, as they have been since 1999. At the Fair's Internationales Bibliotheks-Zentrum / International Library Centre (link to ILC info at bottom of left hand column), ACRL members will once again hold an exhibit and have the opportunity to visit this vast publishing fair. This year's "guest of honor" will be the Arab world.

ACRL invites its members to apply for a $500 stipend, which can go a long way toward covering airfare or room & board. Meals, lodging, and transportation in Frankfurt are excellent and reasonably priced. ACRL will provide these stipends for up to four librarians.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF PARTICIPANTS

Delegates will represent ACRL, its sections, and the Association's mission to a very wide variety of visitors at the fair. Visitors include library students wishing to study or work in North America; librarians from many other countries with a wide range of information inquiries; publisher and vendor representatives; scholars; and interested members of the general public.

  • ACRL delegates must be able to answer questions and provide reference service to all these inquiries about the profession and the library book and journal trade.
  • Delegates will keep careful records of booth activity -- visitors, types of interviews and questions, publications distributed, etc.
  • Delegates must be at the Fair between Wednesday Oct. 6 and Sunday Oct. 10.
  • One or two delegates should be at the Fair on Tuesday, Oct. 5 to set up the booth.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • ALA/ACRL membership
  • Professional library appointment (delegates can represent different aspects of the profession: selection, acquisitions, cataloging, technical systems, or administration, for example)
  • Ability and willingness to represent ACRL and its sections as a whole
  • Ability to represent North American research libraries many different ways
  • Ability to handle an intense, demanding, but stimulating and rewarding work schedule

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Demonstrated broad vision and understanding of North American research libraries
  • Facility with a European language (German is not required, although it would be personally helpful)
  • Preferential consideration will also be given to librarians who have not attended the Fair in the previous five years

TO APPLY

Interested persons should prepare a two-page résumé of their c.v.,outlining their recent professional experience, relevant education, professional involvement, and other related qualifications. Applicants also should submit a cover letter of three to five paragraphs in which they describe how attending the Fair and staffing the exhibit relates to their professional responsibilities and to ACRL's mission.

Be sure to include work address and telephone number, with e-mail address. Send your resume and letter to:

Thomas M. Izbicki
Chair, WESS
Eisenhower Library
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD 21218

Submission by e-mail to izbicki@jhu.edu with documentation attached in Word or WordPerfect is encouraged.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

5:00 pm (CDT), August 10, 2004

The WESS Executive Committee will review all applications and make their decisions expeditiously thereafter. All applicants will be notified by electronic mail by August 25, 2004.

For reports on prior years, see:

Janet Crayne and Marta Deyrup "The Frankfurt Book Fair: ACRL's fifth year." (C&RL News, March 2004).

Dale Askey and Thea Lindquist "Back to Europe: ACRL at the 53rd Frankfurt Book Fair." (C&RL News, March 2002).

Marzena Pasek and Gordon B. Anderson "ACRL promotes American Libraries at the Frankfurt Book Fair: highlights from the world's largest book fair.  October 2000." (C&RL News, December 2000)

Jeffrey Garrett "Just How Big Is Frankfurt? WESS Travels to the Frankfurt Book Fair, October 1998: A Report"

Photo archives of previous trips

Ground Transportation in the Frankfurt region

The local transit system is the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund. The trip from the fair to Höchst takes around 20 minutes via S-Bahn, while Gelnhausen is about 45-55 minutes. The RMV sells weekly passes (available at the S-Bahn station at the airport) at a reasonable rate. Expect to pay € 36,90 for a week pass for the Gelnhausen-Frankfurt commute (ask for a Preisstufe 5 Wochenkarte); Höchst will run € 17,80 (Preisstufe 3). These passes are also valid for all transit within the city of Frankfurt.

Taxis are, of course, universally available, but will cost more. Numbers to call for taxis include 230001, 250001, 19400, and 792020 (all (069)), or toll free at 0800 0230001 or 0800 0250001.

Events in and around Frankfurt

Check these sites for information about current events in Frankfurt:

Accommodations

Frankfurt Area (2 possibilities)

Traumschiff Peter Schlott Hotelschiff Peter Schlott is an actual boat docked on the Main river at historic Höchst, a few miles down river from Frankfurt. You are rocked to sleep by the gentle waves and wake up to see a flock of geese flying over the river.
Höchst is served by frequently running trains.  The walk from the boat to the train station takes about 10 - 15 minutes through the old town.

Single room:  40 - 48 €
Double room: 60 - 85 €
Burgmühle GelnhausenBurgmühle Gelnhausen is in downtown medieval Barbarossa-Stadt Gelnhausen, more luxury, higher cost, a ten minute walk to the train station. Gelnhausen is 36 - 46 minutes by train.  There is also a direct train to Gelnhausen from the airport.

 Einzelzimmer:  60 - 75 €
Doppelzimmer: 85 - 98 €

 

Last updated: July 15, 2004
Send comments or questions to dale.askey 'at' yale.edu